In a bid to give a big push for research in tissue engineering and overcome the problems of donor organ shortages, India’s Department of Biotechnology has invited “concept proposals” from Indian scientists for regeneration of heart, liver, pancreas, skin, tooth, eye and bone — complete with muscle, tendon and marrow

National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) has chosen Telangana’s Jeevandan, a state-run organ donation scheme as the best performing organ donation drive in the country. Here’s what sets the scheme apart

76-year-old former nurse at Safdarjung hospital had one last wish – to donate her organs, including her skin. Her family flew her down from Dubai in a critical state to New Delhi in order to fulfill her wish

As of date, not even a single Cadaver Donation has taken place in all the eight states of North Eastern region. Though the state performs transplant from living donors, like kidney, lung or cornea however, there is no data to show the number of such organ transplants in the region. Experts say currently, North Eastern regions are at the starting phase of organ donation which is education and awareness